Johnston v. Beneficial Management Corp. of America

Several persons joined as plaintiffs in this action, representing various classes of persons who had purchased vacuum cleaners from the defendants National Appliance Company and National Appliance Company, Inc. They named as defendants the sellers of the vacuum cleaners and various finance companies which had purchased the installment contracts under which the vacuum cleaners were sold. The appellant Kirkland intervened in the action when the respondent Nationwide Finance Corporation of Washington, which will be referred to herein as Nationwide, was named as a defendant in an amended…